Friendly Fires unveil 'Why Don't You Answer?' music video - watch

The band have covered the 1981 Sting classic 'Why Don't You Answer?' for their new compilation album Late Night Tales.

The accompanying music video sees a traveler check in to a "seemingly haunted hotel room".

"I thought the track was really striking: its production has a sound that wouldn't be out of place on the soundtrack to some big nocturnal LA crime drama, like Drive or Heat," explained director Fred Rowson.

"But the song's central question - 'Why don't you answer?' - sounded to me like the kind of question you'd find in an early 20th-century British ghost story.

"So the synthesis seemed like a natural one: both forms share a kind of male ennui. It's MR James meets Michael Mann."

Friendly Fires's new compilation Late Night Tales is available to download now.